Bathing in dettol

[Pinkerbells]

So I was chatting to my friend about what we were doing after work, (we work in a restaurant), and she said she was going home to have a dettol bath. I though she was kidding as she has a bug, but no. Turns out she has a 45 minute soak in dettol every night, then changes the water and has a 45 minute bath in 'normal' bathwater. Is this a thing??????? AIBU to think that's so bad for your skin and fufu. Dettol's website (of course) say it's fine, but surely your killing germs bad or good.

jumped she jumped!

Yep its a
thing, only
a capfull or two in the bath. I dont do it though.

Yes, child of the seventies, regular Dettol/Savlon baths back. No idea why though......

I used to do it as a teen. I had terrible cystic acne all over my back and chest and this really helped.

Oh god I'd forgotten Dettol baths.

I remember my mum running me one whenever I'd cut/grazed myself.
I can still remember the smell and sting!!

DD doesn't know she's born with her Johnson's and Matey bubbles!

Yeah, my mum used to put Dettol in my bath when I was little.

As I only had a bath and washed my hair once a week I imagine it was more than required.

Would this not give you a yeast infection? Killing off the good bacteria and all that stuff? (I can’t ecen use bath bombs!)

I have OCD (I mean like actual OCD) and the thought of this even freaks me out.

Wow, that brought back a memory! When I was a child visiting my DGM, I'd been 'gardening' with her and got bitten to pieces by red ants. She gave me a dettol bath because she thought it would help. Bless!

Yeah, I used to do this when bathing in the baths in halls of residence. Love the smell!

The toilet paper stamping is where you fold over the end of the toilet paper roll into a point and then press it on the damp end of the tap which makes a stamp. I am not sure if you are supposed to redo this every time you use the toilet.

Bear in mind there are two different types of dettol and one type can be used to add to a bath

Wouldn't float my boat but it's not harmful

People used to wash themselves with carbolic soap, which is an antiseptic, so it's not much different really.

My dad used to do this! But only when he was ill/ had a cold.

My mum used to do this to us kids, we also always had a flannel rinsed out in Dettol to wash our hands on if we went out for the day but the absolute highlight was the salad we used to have to eat that was soaked in Milton before we were allowed to eat it.

I’m sure I’ve heard that some women douche with dettol 😱

@TwoGinScentedTears thats really made me laugh

I’m more intrigued by the toilet paper stamping.

You couldn’t do that in my day with the Izal Medicated. Ho no.

PURE Dettol? Or diluted?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/30/children-leukaemia-mel-greaves-microbes-protection-against-disease?CMP=ShareAndroidApppCopytooclipboard

Over-cleanliness is linked to leukaemia

I used to get a Sunday dettol bath i think we all did because the classroom stunk of dettol

God her poor fanny

I do this. Just a capful or two. I don’t change the water out but I do jump in the shower for a minute after the bath.

I like the smell and on days when I’ve been sweating a lot it just makes me feel a bit fresher than a plain bath. I doubt it actually does much of anything diluted that much, but whatever.

It’s not harsh on my skin at all and I’ve never had a yeast infection.

I've never heard of a Dettol bath. I'm glad I read about it here, if it just popped up in conversation I'd have thought it was some kind of deranged punishment for kids, like washing their mouth out with soap.

First of all who gets an hour and a half to bathe every night? Must be us part-time parents.....